Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
When thou criest—In the time of thy trouble.
companies—namely, of idols, collected by thee from every quarter; or else, of foreigners, summoned to thy aid.
wind . . . carry . . . away— (Job 21:18; Matthew 7:27).
vanity—rather, "a breath" [LOWTH].
possess . . . land . . . inherit—that is, the literal land of Judea and Mount Zion; the believing remnant of Israel shall return and inherit the land. Secondarily, the heavenly inheritance, and the spiritual Zion (Isaiah 49:8; Psalms 37:9, Psalms 37:11; Psalms 69:35-36; Matthew 5:5; Hebrews 12:22). "He that putteth his trust in Me," of whatever extraction, shall succeed to the spiritual patrimony of the apostate Jew [HORSLEY].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 57:13:
Isaiah 57:1
Isaiah 57:14
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